"I only get one life and I will not let Fibromyalgia take the joy from my living it."

Friday, July 2, 2010

Good News for Boobs

So last night I am searching the internet, doing a little research on progesterone therapy. I read this entire article from a female Ob/Gyn who has Fibromyalgia herself. I really liked the article and had decided to quote part of it here on my blog. She states that she didn't believe that progesterone therapy was beneficial for treatment of Fibromyalgia. Of course, I wasn't using it for treatment of fibro pain, I was using it to decrease the size of a cyst in my breast. I get to the bottom of the article and it says that she lives in Seguin, Tx where she is still in practice and it includes her email address. Seguin is a little suburb of San Antonio. I've been in search of a fibro-friendly ob/gyn since I just moved to San Antonio. I've been here less than a month. My doctor from home, who had found the cyst days before I left, wanted me to get it checked out in a month. I had made an appointment with a doctor that I found in the white pages. I had read her reviews and she sounded good so I made an appointment. But my great desire was for a doctor who would at least believe in FM and understand it. I emailed this new doctor and by morning she had emailed me back. I called her office and I have an appointment for Tuesday the 6th. Yay! I called the other office and canceled my appointment for the 12th. It's sad how excited I am to go to the doctor. I'm still nervous about what may happen. I've had great doctors in the past. But to have one who will really understand, how can I be anything but excited.

1 comment:

I know how you feel....it is very exciting to have a doctor that understands you and how you feel! I wish you the best of luck that everything will go OK. Please keep us informed about what happens. :0) Happy July 4th....and enjoy your movie! :0)

About This Blog

I have Fibromyalgia. Do you know what that is? Fibromyalgia (pronounced fy-bro-my-AL-ja) is a common and complex chronic pain disorder that affects people physically, mentally and socially. It is characterized by chronic widespread pain, multiple tender points, abnormal pain processing, sleep disturbances, fatigue and often psychological distress. At least that's what the experts say. But Fibro is different for everyone. I know we are all hurting and every day is hard. What I want is a place to ask questions, get opinions and answers. If you need to described your symptoms or struggles in order to ask questions or to share your solutions, that's great. But let's not just post about how miserable we are. I want to be part of a group that shares this together, but with a positive outlook. Let's learn how to live with this, survive it, be cured from it. I only get one life and I will not let Fibromyalgia take the joy from my living it.

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content is personal and, as Fibromyalgia is a medical condition, may be graphic in nature.

ABOUT ME

I am 36 years old and live in Texas with my husband, currently two foster babies and two dogs. After two years of refusing to let my doctor diagnose me with Fibromyalgia I was finally and officially diagnosed in the fall of 2008. Looking back I believe I have probably had Fibro since about 2001. Although everyone's case is different I always felt that mine was exceptionally so. After sharing this blog and interacting with others on Facebook I have found that is not the case. I have the pain normally associated with FM however not to the debilitating levels that many of you suffer. I suffer mostly from an extreme sensitivity to external stimuli, i.e. sounds, smells, light, movement, changes in temperature resulting in severe nausea, vertigo and migraines. Before my diagnosis people would often ask me if I was pregnant and my reply would be, "if so I've been pregnant for six years."